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ted (not lasso)
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VSCO, canva, pixlr, tezza, polarr, phlo, etc these are popular, yet not sophisticated apps that set the UX standard for basic “creator tools” for the largest demographic of creators: iPhone photographers wild that most of crypto seems to not approach “creator tools” with this established standard in mind*
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Zach Davidson
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Honestly, I think Instagram might be a better example here for iPhone photographers, and TikTok for iPhone videographers VSCO et al are *insanely* complicated compared to Insta/TikTok editing tools Also likely the reason why Insta/TikTok are billion dollar+ companies and the others are not
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think we agree that crypto creator tools aren’t on par with any web2 apps. agree that ig and tiktok are good for basic, but i was referencing people who are actual creators as a lifestyle. none of the aesthetic / lifestyle influencers I know use instagram’s basic filters anymore. Helen Owen launched her own filter app because Instagram wasn’t sufficient for her. Anna Xitar and Paige Lorenz doesn’t use TikTok to edit their videos or vlogs.
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Zach Davidson
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Totally - but I don’t see a single crypto creator tool in your first post? (I also haven't heard of any of the people you named, so I'll take the L on that and assume I'm out of the loop there) Zooming out here: If we're talking about growing the crypto economy through creator tools, I still think it's worth asking ourselves what the default should be. In that case, I'd still vote for Insta/TikTok as defaults over VSCO et al., rationale being general accessibility and TAM.
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ted (not lasso)
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yes, but social apps should have those primitives not necessarily apps targeted towards “creators” imo tbh @unofficial is closest to it with the story functionality plus DMs, just need to add basic edits to stories; requested video editing to @drakula bc all my vids are recorded and edited in tiktok
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Zach Davidson
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I'm not sure I'm following your argument tbh What I'm hearing is: "Consumer crypto companies should build creator tools like VSCO if they want to onboard creators" Is that right? Regardless, I agree Uno + Drakula are the right defaults (see my earlier post about Insta/TT), and each could be made even better with basic editing tools :)
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ted (not lasso)
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no, my argument is consumer crypto should use web2 UX as a baseline standard when building. this is especially true when it comes to creator tools.
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